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Ladino proverbs

The proverbs of Ladino Forever: sayings from the Sephardic kitchen table, the wisdom of our grandmothers in Judeo-Spanish, each with its meaning in English and up to six more languages.

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Refrán del día · November 8
El mal i el bien en la kara se ven Good and evil show on the face.
Family 137

137 proverbs · Family

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Refrán № 109 Ladino
Los ijos se konosen kuando los paryentes se envejesen

Children are known when their parents grow old.

56 Nov 2026
Refrán № 110 Ladino
Lavoro empesado no se mostra ni a esfuegra, ni a kunyada, ni a vizina ayreada

Unfinished work should not be shown to the mother-in-law, the sister-in-law, or the nosy neighbor. (uncertain: "ayreada")

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 111 Ladino
Ijo fuites padre seras,lo ke izites te azeran

You were a son, you will be a father; what you did, will be done to you.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 112 Ladino
La bien kazada es la ke no tiene ni esfuegra ni kunyada

The happily married woman is the one who has neither a mother-in-law nor a sister-in-law.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 113 Ladino
El ijo de la gata ratones mata

The cat's son kills mice.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 114 Ladino
Ijos de mis ijos dos vezes mis ijos

Children of my children are twice my children.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 115 Ladino
Esfuegra ni de barrio buena

No mother-in-law is good, not even one from a good neighborhood.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 116 Ladino
La mujer es komo la uva, si la miraz bueno se aze vino i si no la miraz bueno se aze vinagre

A woman is like a grape: if you treat her well she becomes wine, and if you do not treat her well she becomes vinegar.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 117 Ladino
Kada gayo kanta en su gayinero

Every rooster crows in his own henhouse.

55 Nov 2026
Refrán № 118 Ladino
Lo ke aze gozar al marido es la buena vida ke le da la mujer

What makes a husband happy is the good life his wife gives him.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 119 Ladino
Pleto entre marido i mujer, la kolcha deve de venser

In a quarrel between husband and wife, the bedspread must win.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 120 Ladino
La mujer eskasa mete al marido por ekskuza

The stingy woman uses her husband as an excuse.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 121 Ladino
Lo ke izites kon tus padres de tus ijos esperes

What you did to your parents, expect from your children.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 122 Ladino
Si el emprestimo era bueno, el rey emprestava a su mujer

If lending were good, the king would lend his wife.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 123 Ladino
Lo ke te aze tu mano no te lo aze ni tu ermano

What your own hand does for you, not even your brother will do for you.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 124 Ladino
Marido selozo no tiene repozo

A jealous husband has no rest.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 125 Ladino
Kuando da el padre da al ijo, riye el padre riye el ijo i kuando da el ijo al padre yora el ijo yora el padre

When the father gives to the son, the father laughs and the son laughs; and when the son gives to the father, the son cries and the father cries.

54 Nov 2026
Refrán № 126 Ladino
Lagrimas de mujer valen muncho i kostan poko

A woman's tears are worth a lot and cost little.

54 Nov 2026
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